NAACP: Feds Should Investigate Black Teen's Death

2 years ago

The NAACP has called for a federal investigation into the death of a black teenager who was shot by police in a St. Louis suburb.

Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot Saturday afternoon near his grandmother's house by a Ferguson police officer. St. Louis County police have not given a reason for the shooting. The officer is on administrative leave.

A confrontation between police and neighborhood residents lasted several hours Saturday, with shouts of "kill the police."

Lesley McSpadden is Brown's mother. She told KSDK-TV her son had just graduated high school.

McSpadden says she was told her son was shot eight times. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told a member of the St. Louis County NAACP that Brown was shot twice.